Afternoons

[deerhunter401]

I decided not to hunt this morning. But i got a break in the weather and i was out the door. I did see one but he was about 150 yards away and didnt pay any attention to me. I was just wondering if yall had any tatics that you like to employ when hunting the afternoons/eveings?

[Xi Bowhunter]

I decided not to hunt this morning. But i got a break in the weather and i was out the door. I did see one but he was about 150 yards away and didnt pay any attention to me. I was just wondering if yall had any tatics that you like to employ when hunting the afternoons/eveings?
Just don't expect them to gobble all the time like they do in the morning. More often than not birds will come in silent in my experience. Just stay put;)

[BowHunter!!]

From my experience its exactly like Xi bowhunter said dont exspect much from a gobbler all the time some times you get lucky in the afternoons and they'll be alone after the hens leave'em and you'll get him but i had a bird today at 10:30 do exactly what your story is . but i just kept settin there and i got one at 12:00. I killed my biggest bird at 5:00 in the evening last year. But just stay at it cause you cant kill'em settin at home buddie.

Good luck.

[rme hunter]

I have killed several birds from 12:00 on. Generally I wait at a good vantage point and listen. You won't hear many gobbles but if you do hear one generally you can call the bird in.

[HappyHunter]

Set up where you've heard roost gobbling and stay until end of legal light. A couple of my better birds have been shot with about 10 minutes of legal time left.